Leigh’s MP is to blame for the town’s £11.4 million funding bid being rejected, the council's deputy leader claimed during an explosive meeting. James Grundy, MP for Leigh, refused to accept his own town’s bid for money to rejuvenate the town centre, causing the bid to fail, Coun Keith Cunliffe, deputy leader of Wigan Council, told cabinet members in the town hall.
The MP has admitted he didn't support the bid, saying it was 'inadequate'.
The Levelling Up fund for Leigh, the cabinet heard on January 19, was being sought to spruce up the town’s Civic Square and walkways with nature trails. It was also foiled by an unknown Conservative Party member who wrote to the Government asking them to reject their town’s bid, the deputy leader claimed.
